Customer Reviews

Notes from our Igluski Experts

"Seconds from the cable car, this large chalet is ideal for people who want easy access to the slopes. Located in the eponymous hamlet of Le Fornet, five minutes by bus from Val d’Isere town centre, the Chalet Bonneval is a picturesque alpine retreat in a stunningly beautiful part of the Alps."

Chalet Bonneval - Val D'Isere, France

Set in Le Fornet, one of Val d’Isère’s most picturesque accommodation areas, this charming chalet is only approximately 4 minutes’ walk from the main Le Fornet cable-car directly into the Espace Killy ski area, and from the shuttle-bus stop (running until midnight or 2am during high season) for the short ride to the resort centre. Alternatively, a taxi ride is approx 10 Euros each way. For experienced skiers, there is also an unpisted track if you wish to ski direct back to the door.

The chalet is on three levels, of a very good, comfortable and attractive standard, and features a good-sized living-room with log fire, comfy sofas, TV/DVD and CD player so bring your favourite films and music.

This chalet shares an entrance hall with Chalet Bonnevie and, if so desired, can be combined to sleep 15/18 persons if one party books the whole of both chalets together.

Room 3Twin/triple with bath/shower/wcRoom 4Twin/triple with shower/wc and balcony

Note: Third beds in Bonneval rooms 3 and 4 are on raised platform accessed by a steep ladder, not suitable for children under 12 yrs old - £50 discount per adult per week for these beds

Meals - Chalet Bonneval, Val D'Isere

We set very high standards for our cuisine, and train our staff extensively before the season starts, to ensure that you will thoroughly enjoy every meal on your own holiday with us. We also take our Health and Safety responsibilities extremely seriously, so all our chalet and Chalet Hotel staff during the pre-season training course are trained to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health’s Level 2 in Food Safety*. For six days of the week our staff prepare all your meals, as described below.

Breakfast

A good breakfast is essential on a ski holiday, so we provide both a cooked breakfast including your choice of bacon, eggs, sausages and beans, as well as a continental selection with a choice of cereals or porridge, fruit juices, plentiful tea, coffee and bread (and croissants in France), cold meats, cheese and preserves, which is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. On our staff’s one day off a week, only the continental breakfast will be provided.

Afternoon Tea

The traditional ‘welcome home’ after a day on the slopes will be laid out for you in your chalet or Chalet Hotel, ready for your return, every day except on the staff’s one day off per week. A good cup of tea or coffee is the perfect accompaniment to a delicious slice of freshly home-baked cake and keeps hungry skiers happy until dinner is ready. As an added benefit for guests in our Chalet Hotels, our chefs prepare a selection of cakes for afternoon tea.

Children’s High Tea

In Chalets and Chalet Hotels with family guests, High Tea provides children under 13 years with a healthy menu, tailored more towards children’s tastes and puréed food is available for infants on request. High Tea is at 5.30pm, and children do not join the main adult-only dinner.

Dinner in Chalets

A tasty and innovative, freshly cooked dinner will be prepared for you six nights per week by your Chalet Host – or by an experienced and professional chef in our larger chalets – and served with a choice of wines. Our four-course adult-only chalet dinners start with canapés and an apéritif, followed by an appetiser, main course and dessert, and completed by coffee with chocolates to round off your evening. Your choice of complimentary quality wines is unlimited during the meal service, and freshly chilled water is also of course always available.

Chalet Bonneval Reviews

Just returned from a week in Chalet Bonneval. The Chalet was fantastic, it is in a quite little Hamlet called Fornet, with a regular bus servise (every 5 minutes) into Val D'Isere Centre and also its own cable car up to the slopes of Fornet.
The Chalet had four bedrooms, all with ensuite facilities. We were a family of 11 people so we occupied the whole chalet (having had an extra bed added to accomodate an add on). Firstly our Chalet Host Guy was amazing, he was very friendly from day one and more to the point his cooking was brilliant. Every night he cooked us a delicious 4 course meal (everything cooked from scratch in our Chalet kitchen) starting with canopes and finishing with a lovely desert. He was very accomodating as certain members of our party were a little fussy and he cooked them chicken if the planned meal was not to their liking. He also cooked bacon egg sausage and beans every morning, in addition to fresh bread, crossoints and cheese/ham, also cereal and fruit juice. Perfect start to the day.We got so attached to him that he became part of our family and we would have liked to take him home with us.
The Chalet was plenty big enough, my only criticism would be that there could be more comfy seating areas, there is a large sofa area which probably accomodated 6 people but bearning in mind the chalet was for 10 (and we were 11) often 5 of us had to sit in the hard dining chairs. After skiing all day you all need a comfy settee to sit on. The living area is easily big enough to accomodate more settee space, they just need to move a cupboard.
The skiing is Fornet/Val Disere was fantastic, we had 5 days of wall to wall sunshine and then snow on the last day, which the resort needed. The skiing back into Val DIsere/Fornet is hard but you do not need to ski back, you can catch a lift into Val DIsers and then the local bus service back into Fornet Village. I skiied back into the village for two days then decided that it was hard work for me at the end of a long days skiing so the ladies of the group took the lift back to the chalet whilst the hard core men skiied back. You can ski direct to the Chalet by going a little off piste right back to the garage door.
There is a lift in Fornet up to some lovely slopes, but you have a little walk from the chalet to the cable car centre, this is not far but it is uphill and there are a few steps to climb which is not good in ski boots.
All in all we had a fabulous time, thanks to Guy and the weather and would definitely recommend this to a friend.

Apres Ski: 4/5

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Debbie Cox

09/04/2011

What can you say about Val D'Isere that hasn't been said already? It's one of the best ski resorts in the Alps: a huge ski area, guaranteed snow on the glaciers, and fantastic apres ski (make sure you visit La Folie Douce at least once).

So that's Val, but what about Chalet Bonneval? It's situated in Le Fornet which is pretty little village 15 mins walk (5 min bus ride) beyond Val. You can see ski in and out of Le Fornet although the slopes do suffer if there's a lack of snow. Our host was an excellent cook and we had fantastic food every night; plus there was the added bonus of tea and cake every afternoon as you roll of the slopes.

All in all, a great holiday and a great chalet. If it wasn't for my desire to see as many different chalets in val as possible - i'd go back.

Apres Ski: 5/5

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